Child&#39;s toilet seat



Nov. 16, 1948." w. H. PERRIN CHILD'S TOILET SEAT Filed July 28. 1944Hiam Howard Per in Patented Nov. 16, 1948 OFFICE CHILDS TOILET SEATWilliam Howard Perrin, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Application July 28, 1944, Serial No. 546,990

The present invention relates to toilet seats, and more particularly toa childs toilet seat.

The primary objects of the instant invention are to provide a childsauxiliary toilet seat which may be pivotally secured to a conventionalmodern adult toilet seat upon removal of the cover member of such adulttoilet seat; to provide such an auxiliary toilet seat which has a coveradapted to be lifted to form a back when used by a child and to befolded downwardly and secured in such position when not in use; toprovide such an auxiliary toilet seat and its cover which may be liftedwhen desired for use by an adult; and, to provide such a seat which maybe readily and conveniently fitted to a conventional adult toilet seatand which is reasonably economical in manufacture.

An illustrative embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanyingdrawing, wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view of a conventional toilet seat and thechilds auxiliary toilet seat pivotally connected therewith and showingits cover in lifted position for use by a child;

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof, the cover thereof being in sectionon line 2-2 of Figure 4;

Figure 3 is a front elevational view showing the cover in partiallylifted position; and

Figure 4 is a side elevational view in use position by a child andpartially in section.

Referring then to the drawing wherein like parts of the structure shownare designated by the same numerals in the several views, the samecomprises a conventional toilet bowl Ill and a conventional adult toiletseat ll hingedly secured thereto adjacent its rear upper surface l2.

The childs auxiliary toilet seat comprises a seat portion I3 havingspaced apart hinge members l4 pivotally connected to the rod [5intermediate the hinge members I6 of the adult seat and installed inlieu of the conventional cover of the adult seat The auxiliary seat I3is provided with a seat cover i1 pivotally secured adjacent its rearwardend by means of the hinge member l8 and the opposite sides of theauxiliary seat l3 are each preferably provided with an arm I 9, eachhingedly secured at its rearward end by the spring actuated hinges 20and at its forward end by spring actuated hinges 2| which springactuated hinges normally elevate the arms to a substantially verticalposition as shown in Figure 1 from their position shown in Figure 2 andas indicated in Figure 3.

The auxiliary seat I3 is further provided with cammed sides 22 wherebythe downward folding 2 Claims. (Cl. 4-239) movement of said seat fromits position shown in Figure 1, through its position shown in Figure 3to its position shown in Figure 2 effects an outward folding movement ofthe arms [9 and against the tension of the spring actuated springs 20,H.

The forward end of the auxiliary seat I3 is provided with a projectingpin 23 and the back I! which forms a seat cover when in its downwardlyfolded position is provided with a pivotally secured latch member 24providing means for detachably locking the back or seat cover ll to theseat l3 when the auxiliary seat is not in use and in instances whereinit is desired to lift the auxiliary seat and its cover or back for adultuse of the adult seat I 1.

One of the arms I9 is preferably provided with a strap 25 secured at oneend thereof whose opposite end is adapted to be detachably secured tothe other arm to thereby strap the child upon the auxiliary seat and thecover or back IT is likewise here shown as provided with apertures 26adapted to seat the seat cover actuation springs 2i when the seat coveris in its downwardly folded latched position.

It will thus be seen that the childs toilet seat may readily andconveniently be fitted to replace the seat cover of a conventionaltoilet seat and that the same is reasonably economical in manufactureand while but one specific embodiment of the invention has been hereinshown and described, it will be understood that certain details of theconstruction shown may be altered or omitted without departing from thespirit of the invention as the same is defined by the following claims.

I claim:

1. In a structure of the class described, an auxiliary toilet seatadapted to be hingedly secured adjacent its rearward end to the rearwardportion of a conventional toilet seat, a cover hingedly secured adjacentthe rearward end of the auxiliary seat and forming a back when in itsupwardly unfolded position, said cover having in tegrally formed cammedsides, and a normally vertically disposed spring actuated arm hingedlysecured on each opposite side of the auxiliary seat, each arm adapted tobe folded outwardly by the engaging of the cammed sides of the coverwith the upper lengths of the arms during the downwardly foldingmovement of the cover.

2. In a structure of the class described, an auxiliary toilet seatadapted to be hingedly secured adjacent its rearward end to the rearwardportion of a conventional toilet seat, a cover hingedly secured adjacentthe rearward end of the auxiliary seat and forming a back when in itsupwardly unfolded position, said cover having cammed sides, and anormally vertically disposed spring actuated arm hingedly secured oneach opposite side of the auxiliary seat, each arm adapted to be foldedoutwardly by the engaging of the cammed sides of the cover with theupper lengths of the arms during the downwardly folding movement .toithe cover and aeach spring of each arm adaptedtomaintain said arms inup- 10 Number REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record inthe file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS .''Name Date 2,028,563 Rehder et'al Jan. 21, 1936

